To the North of London
The Aldenham Country Park is a large and pleasant area easily reached if you are travelling north out of London. It is worth visiting if you want a quick breath of fresh air and a reasonably attractive place for a brief picnic. The most important point of the park is Aldenham Reservoir. It was built in 1796 to 1 ______ the water level in the river 2 ______ by the newly constructed Grand Union Canal, and more recently has been used as a reserve public water supply. Not far from there lies the busy town of Watford which can be recommended for a brief visit. And in any 3 ______ much more interesting stretches of the canal are met further north. And if you make your way through the town you can visit the Watford Museum in the High Street which has materials on printing and paper-making on 4 ______. The picture gallery has changing exhibitions of works by artists who lived or painted in the area. Another attraction of the neighbourhood is a fascinating complex of Roman buildings, the 5 ______ of a great city, once the third largest centre of Roman Britain. The private houses were impressive, many of them furnished with mosaic floors. The beauty of the mosaics can hardly be described on paper, and it is best 6 ______ by standing and looking for a while. The other principal Roman site to be visited is a long stretch of the city wall which 7 ______ back to the 3rd century.
1. А) remain Б) support В) hold Г) maintain
2. А) confused Б) affected В) bothered Г) disturbed
3. А) condition Б) situation В) circumstance Г) case
4. А) presentation Б) display В) demonstration Г) exhibition
5. А) remains Б) wastes В) wreckage Г) reminders
6. А) praised Б) approved В) appreciated Г) regarded
7. А) dates Б) returns В) follows Г) comes
Задание 10
Sharing music with friends
Brenda is a nineteen-year old full-time college student, and she earns money working part time as a waitress. Brenda loves to listen to music like most young people, but she can’t 1 _____ the high CD prices that record companies 2 _____ for popular CDs. Brenda says that the prices of CDs are ridiculously high at $17 to $20 each and there are only two or three good songs on each CD.
She 3 _____ an apartment with three other roommates. She pays her own 4 _____ and she also pays most of her 5 _____. Her solution to expensive CDs is to download or copy music from the Internet. Brenda and millions of other people are called “downloaders” because they download free file-sharing software and music. When Brenda later gives, shares, or trades her music files free over the Internet, she is also an uploader. She considers herself an active music uploader, but the music industry considers her a 6 _____. From 2001 on, the Recording Industry Association of America has sued and fined dozens of file-sharing services, for uploading music files, and hundreds of people, for 7 _____ the law by downloading music.
1. А) provide Б) supply В) afford Г) allow
2. А) offer Б) charge В) suggest Г) propose
3. А) leases Б) lends В) hires Г) rents
4. А) lessons Б) classes В) tuition Г) education
5. А) costs Б) fees В) expenses Г) payments
6. А) thief Б) cheater В) burglar Г) bandit
7. А) undermining Б) disobeying В) breaking Г) ruining
Keys:
Задание 1: 1В 2Б 3Г 4Б 5В 6А 7Г 8Б
Задание 2: 1Б 2В 3А 4В 5Г 6Б 7А 8Г
Задание 3: 1Б 2Г 3И 4Б 5Г 6В 7А 8Б
Задание 4: 1В 2Г 3Б 4Б 5А 6В 7Б 8Г
Задание 5: 1Б 2В 3А 4Г 5В 6Г 7А 8Б
Задание 6: 1Г 2Б 3А 4В 5А 6В 7Б 8А
Задание 7: 1Б 2А 3Г 4В 5Б 6А 7В 8Б
Задание 8: 1В 2Г 3Б 4Б 5Г 6В 7А
Задание 9: 1Г 2Б 3Г 4Б 5А 6В 7А
Задание10: 1В 2Б 3Г 4В 5В 6А 7В